[saagarjha]

I'm mostly basing my comments on my knowledge of what the jailbreak community has made public so mistakes are likely me misremembering or not fully understanding something. Is there something in particular that I got wrong?

[therein]

Very impressive indeed. And the GP is right about many employees even getting these little details wrong. The answer is definitely a lot more complicated.

As far as I remember, the AppleConnect aspect of it is only if you want to connect to the corp NFS where they have the IPSW. And beyond that I think I was able to use PurpleRestore on production silicon by switching the device connected to the host at the right point in time and leaving my phone in a really odd state that had shocked everyone at the Apple store I brought it to. They were so confused that I had to explain to them where I work for them to calm down.